Definitions

round the bend

ADJECTIVE

crazy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

insane kooky mad nuts nutty silly wacky

STRONG

ape berserk cuckoo lunatic potty psycho screwball

WEAK

barmy bats in the belfry batty bonkers cracked crazed daft delirious demented deranged dingy dippy erratic flaky flipped flipped-out freaked-out fruity idiotic mad as a March hare mad as a hatter maniacal mental moonstruck nutty as fruitcake of unsound mind out of one's mind out of one's tree out to lunch screw loose screwy touched unbalanced unglued unhinged unzipped

Antonyms

STRONGEST

balanced calm collected rational reasonable sane sound

WEAK

realistic responsible sensible

Example Sentences

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In the meantime, no one seems to know what will happen when the buses from Austin, Houston and Dallas round the bend on Highway 39 next month—if they are allowed to.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

"It just drives me round the bend" when people blast out videos, music and films on public transport, the 73-year-old says.

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

When it reaches the right side of the track, you see it round the bend and then start moving right to left.

From Scientific American • Jun. 2, 2023

For example, when I still lived in the German Democratic Republic I thought the country was completely round the bend.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2020

As I round the bend I see Ritchie’s place immediately.

From "I Am the Messenger" by Markus Zusak

round the bend

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